When Steve Kerr Traded Marion Was He Looking Ahead?

Steve Kerr made perhaps the boldest trade in the history of the Suns organization, but was he looking ahead to the Summer of 2010?

Steve Nash, and Shaquille O'Neal's contracts both end in 2010, so after they get those two fat contracts off the cap, they will have a  lot of cap space.  That summer there will be a lot of superstars that are free agents, assuming they don't sign contract extensions.

Here are a list of the players that will be available in the free agent market in 2010: Joe Johnson, Ray Allen, LeBron James (player option), Dirk Nowitzki (player option), Stephen Jackson, Tracy McGrady, Dwayne Wade (player option), Carlos Boozer (player option), and Manu Ginobili.

If Steve Kerr can perhaps lure LeBron James away from Cleveland in the summer of 2010, then everyone will say the Shaq trade was one the smartest moves in the history of the Suns organization.

Only time will tell.

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